General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	-4.54%	19,920 22.83%	6,527
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-6.23%	11,673 13.38%	4,746
Inclusion and Diversity	12	Up 11 places+11	£55,000	-	6,686 7.66%	817
Banking	17	Up 19 places+19	£90,000	+6.71%	5,862 6.72%	515
Analytical Skills	26	Down -17 places-17	£53,065	-3.51%	4,890 5.60%	2,583
Marketing	41	Down -7 places-7	£45,000	-18.18%	3,863 4.43%	2,017
Public Sector	57	Up 35 places+35	£60,000	-	2,865 3.28%	1,252
Manufacturing	61	Down -43 places-43	£45,000	-10.00%	2,667 3.06%	1,081
Retail	62	Down -5 places-5	£52,500	-4.54%	2,664 3.05%	1,223
Law	76	Down -30 places-30	£60,000	+9.09%	2,210 2.53%	873
Legal	80	Down -5 places-5	£67,500	+17.39%	1,979 2.27%	955
Organisational Skills	97	Up 9 places+9	£38,000	-10.58%	1,650 1.89%	802
Telecoms	110	Up 8 places+8	£42,500	-5.55%	1,543 1.77%	601
Electronics	172	Down -44 places-44	£52,500	-8.69%	1,077 1.23%	458
Games	214	Down -26 places-26	£50,000	-9.09%	861 0.99%	392
Presentation Skills	222	Down -134 places-134	£60,000	+3.44%	814 0.93%	543
Influencing Skills	223	Down -4 places-4	£77,405	+23.84%	797 0.91%	358
Automotive	230	Up 91 places+91	£48,000	-9.85%	779 0.89%	395
Aerospace	239	Up 81 places+81	£55,000	+0.37%	731 0.84%	414
Advertising	274	Down -84 places-84	£45,000	-21.73%	602 0.69%	555
Pharmaceutical	287	Up 26 places+26	£60,000	+9.09%	580 0.66%	196
Multimedia	307	Up 268 places+268	£30,500	-12.23%	530 0.61%	394
Local Government	322	Down -30 places-30	£50,000	-	491 0.56%	214
Financial Institution	337	Down -158 places-158	£85,000	-0.93%	463 0.53%	175
Back Office	349	Up 112 places+112	£57,500	-20.68%	442 0.51%	141
Documentation Skills	349	Up 77 places+77	£55,000	+2.80%	442 0.51%	180
Front Office	394	Down -247 places-247	£110,000	-2.22%	365 0.42%	121
Billing	395	Up 96 places+96	£38,000	-33.91%	362 0.41%	246
Military	410	Up 16 places+16	£50,000	-13.04%	341 0.39%	170
French Language	419	Down -176 places-176	£45,000	-30.76%	329 0.38%	133
German Language	440	Down -199 places-199	£40,000	-45.76%	299 0.34%	169
Aviation	468	Up 34 places+34	£65,000	+13.04%	260 0.30%	138
Tech for Good	515	Down -50 places-50	£70,000	+7.69%	205 0.23%	23
Health Technology	515	Down -24 places-24	£60,000	-14.28%	205 0.23%	130
Publishing	542	Down -101 places-101	£60,000	-6.97%	177 0.20%	87
Investment Banking	553	Down -181 places-181	£95,000	-15.55%	166 0.19%	74
Police	578	Down -161 places-161	£55,000	+6.16%	141 0.16%	39
Spanish Language	603	Down -6 places-6	£40,000	-23.80%	116 0.13%	71
Social Housing	623	Down -77 places-77	£50,000	-13.04%	96 0.11%	55
Agriculture	623	Down -39 places-39	£43,500	-15.12%	96 0.11%	40
Aeronautics	637	Down -32 places-32	£65,000	+29.85%	82 0.094%	16
Retail Banking	642	Down -122 places-122	£82,500	-1.28%	77 0.088%	23
Italian Language	643	Down -24 places-24	£46,250	-35.08%	76 0.087%	44
Dutch Language	644	Down -43 places-43	£35,000	-3.44%	75 0.086%	40
Brand Awareness	646	Down -60 places-60	£43,250	+1.76%	73 0.084%	41
Digital Healthcare	646	Down -16 places-16	£60,000	-7.69%	73 0.084%	18
General Ledger	649	Down -76 places-76	£82,500	+14.59%	70 0.080%	33
Digital Health	650	Down -28 places-28	£70,000	+27.27%	69 0.079%	38
Fire and Rescue	654	Down -43 places-43	£47,249	-8.81%	65 0.075%	30
Portuguese Language	656	Down -27 places-27	£52,000	+48.57%	63 0.072%	33